@Gino: And what about Qt? I work with Kubuntu, so I prefer a Qt- version. @Jonathan: How can I join the beta tester program?
On 25 jan, 20:03, Jonathan Kamens <[email protected]> wrote: > Philip wrote: > > I would also add "...and minimal success". I don't know any happy > > picasa/linux users, > > Maybe you're not paying attention, then. > > I've said over and over again that I'm a "happy picasa/linux user." I > don't know how I can be any more explicit than that. I am extremely > impressed that Google took the time to enhance and improve WINE to make > Picasa run successfully on it. I am grateful for the work, and I > believe that the result runs quite well.> though it is quite successful on > Windows. I think > > this creates a vicious cycle - few people use picasa/linux because it > > is poor quality, but why create a native port for such a small user > > community? > > I think few people use it because Google hasn't done a good job of > packaging it, not because the application itself is unstable or performs > badly. > > Not to mention the fact that a release of Picasa 3.0 which was first > released almost a year ago to beta testers, was, for some unfathomable > reason, never released to the public. The Linux version of picasa 3.0 > in Google's "testing" repository is several months older (and buggier) > than the last one they released to beta testers. Technically, I'm not > supposed to tell you that -- beta testers who are given access to the > newer versions aren't supposed to talk about them in public. I suppose > we'll see if they still care enough about Linux Picasa to kick me out of > the beta program because of what I just said ;-). > > And then there's the fact that they didn't bother to release Picasa 3.5 > or 3.6 for Linux. > > Adoption and usage would be significantly higher if they did something > about these. Unfortunately, it seems that they don't think there's > enough ROI to invest the time it would take to do these, let alone the > much larger chunk of time to rewrite Picasa as a native app, which is > why I think the constant clamoring here for a native version is just > silly. Here's a clue: Google exists to make money. They will develop a > native Linux version of Picasa if they'll make money from doing so. > Given how successful Google is, it seems that they're pretty good at > figuring out what's going to make them money and what isn't.> Of course, > that's what I've done now. Another plug: shotwell > >http://yorba.org/shotwell/ > > Thats for the pointer. I'll check out shotwell if/when I decide that > Picasa on WINE is as bad as people here seem to think it is ;-). > > jik -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-labs-picasa-for-linux?hl=en.
